Jonesboro City Water & Light Plant
Natural gas power plant · Craighead County, Arkansas
Nameplate capacity
224 MW
Rank in Arkansas
#17
of 122 plants
In service since
1999
July 1999
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- City Water and Light Plant
- County
- Craighead County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 1.17%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Arkansas
- #10 of 18
- EIA plant code
- 56505
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN04 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 61 MW | 46 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| SN07 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 61 MW | 46 MW | 2007 | Operating |
| SN06 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 57 MW | 46 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| SN01 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 25 MW | 20 MW | 1999 | Operating |
| SN02 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 21 MW | 19 MW | 1999 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Arkansas
| Thomas Fitzhugh | Natural gas | 256 MW |
| Pine Bluff Energy Center | Natural gas | 230 MW |
| Flat Fork Solar | Solar | 200 MW |
| Forgeview Solar | Solar | 200 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 224 MW solar plant and a 224 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Arkansas power plants · What Arkansas actually generates